Mark Lieberman

Check out this @edweek.org article by @laurainegl.bsky.social! ACTE is proud to have recommended Cass Career Center for this story on CTE and academic integration www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

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Thanks @marklieberman.bsky.social for highlighting--I am quite worried that even if districts plan to have the new scholarship essentially cancel out the fee, it will create confusion and barriers for families who may think they can no longer afford to participate. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...

New: The federal tax-credit scholarship program could push public schools to start charging new fees—but first, they'll have to confront a slew of logistical, legal, and philosophical questions. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...

We know the Education Department's research arm spent $180M in roughly two weeks. We don't quite know how but at least one grantee recently received 2 years of funding for an existing project at once. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

New: @ariannaprothero.bsky.social and I, along with our editor Matt Stone, took the best kind of dive (a deep one) into the new regulations for the federal K-12 scholarship tax credit. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: The Trump administration is using a mechanism widely viewed as illegal to cancel nearly $100 million Congress appropriated for college-level foreign-language instruction and to support migrant farmworkers seeking GEDs and college degrees. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: The Trump administration is using a mechanism widely viewed as illegal to cancel nearly $100 million Congress appropriated for college-level foreign-language instruction and to support migrant farmworkers seeking GEDs and college degrees. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The Institute of Education Sciences has 28 days to spend $180 million--a quarter of its annual budget--to avoid violating the Impoundment Control Act I'm placing my bets on most of this money getting spent in legally questionable ways that are not consistent with congressional intent

New: With one month left in the fiscal year, the Education Department's research arm has to spend 24% of its annual budget. By late August in pre-Trump 2.0 years, that figure was never higher than 10%. During Trump 1.0, it was never higher than 2%. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New from me and @caitlynnpeetz.bsky.social: Dozens of Head Start programs across the country are in turmoil as HHS indefinitely stalls the grant competition that would enable their next long-term round of funding. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

New from me and @caitlynnpeetz.bsky.social: Dozens of Head Start programs across the country are in turmoil as HHS indefinitely stalls the grant competition that would enable their next long-term round of funding. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

"Cross’ employees ultimately got paid with university funds for the rest of the week after the cancellation. Eventually they lost their jobs altogether. Two suffered anxiety attacks that landed them in the emergency room. Several no longer work in education." www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

In a typical year, the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights would have spent two-thirds of its budget by June 30. This year, by June 30, half the annual budget remained unspent. That money expires Sept. 30 if it doesn't get spent by then. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: The Education Department last year let $75M expire without spending it, including $21M for staff salaries, $20M for mental health grants, and $14M for civil rights. During the previous 10 years, the agency let just $9 million total expire from the same accounts. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New w/ @laurainegl.bsky.social: The Trump administration last month abruptly canceled $143 million for teen pregnancy prevention programs in 25 states. Now nonprofit staffers and high-schoolers are losing their jobs and schools are cutting programming: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New w/ @laurainegl.bsky.social: The Trump administration last month abruptly canceled $143 million for teen pregnancy prevention programs in 25 states. Now nonprofit staffers and high-schoolers are losing their jobs and schools are cutting programming: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT @derekgottliebphd.com and I are doing a podcast where we take requests and yap about your school budget kerfuffles. It's called "Budget Committee!" and we're dropping episodes soon. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1lzV...

"For the 27 years I worked at OMB, it never occurred to any OMB staff that a president or OMB director would do what Trump and Vought are doing." www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: Education and transparency advocates are suing Trump's OMB and Education Department, arguing they're illegally withholding hundreds of millions of dollars Congress appropriated for education research programs. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

NEW: The Education Department told advocates this morning that special education programs will move to the Department of Health and Human Services, AND civil rights enforcement for schools and colleges will move to the Department of Justice. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

The latest: The White House/OMB is still blocking $2 billion in Congressionally approved education funds. More than $1 billion could expire in four months. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

So grateful to @marklieberman.bsky.social and @edweek.org for keeping careful track of this. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: The White House is blocking more than $2 billion Congress appropriated in February for K-12 and higher education. Here's a list of all 34 affected programs: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: The White House is blocking more than $2 billion Congress appropriated in February for K-12 and higher education. Here's a list of all 34 affected programs: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

🚨 EDSOURCE GUILD IS ON STRIKE! 🚨 Today—Thursday, May 14—EdSource Guild is on a one-day work stoppage due to the unilateral changes to our insurance and the lack of progress on key contract issues. PLEASE DO NOT CROSS OUR PICKET LINE AND VISIT @edsource.org TODAY! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

The White House is holding up funds for Education Department grants including: -Alaska Native Ed. -Arts Ed. -Civics Ed. -Comprehensive Centers -Community Schools -Native Hawaiian Ed. -Promise Neighborhoods -Ready to Learn -SEED/TQP/TSL for teacher training -and more: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: Trump's OMB is withholding more than $2 billion Congress approved in February for K-12 and higher education. Advocates and experts weigh in on what this means and whether it's time to panic: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: Trump's OMB is withholding more than $2 billion Congress approved in February for K-12 and higher education. Advocates and experts weigh in on what this means and whether it's time to panic: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

"Experts on federal education spending said they couldn’t recall any other time in recent decades when the executive branch adjusted congressionally approved program funding levels at all—let alone to this extent." h/t @marklieberman.bsky.social for keeping on this www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The Trump administration "reprogrammed" more than $700 million Congress appropriated last March for specific education programs. Which programs were affected? Is that legal? Will that happen again this year? Here's what we know: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Some new weekend reading from me: The Trump administration took more than $1 billion Congress appropriated for education last March and either spent it differently than lawmakers prescribed, or hasn't spent it at all: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Some new weekend reading from me: The Trump administration took more than $1 billion Congress appropriated for education last March and either spent it differently than lawmakers prescribed, or hasn't spent it at all: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Noon today! Rally for @edsourceguild.bsky.social! Signing up for the Zoom is preferred but you people are generally pretty lazy so it'll also be streamed on YouTube, Twitch, and Instagram Live. Links are all in the Linktree thingy.

Solidarity with my fellow unionized nonprofit news workers. They deserve fair compensation and the utmost respect

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

New: Two months after Congress rejected all of Trump's proposed cuts to education funding, Trump is proposing many of the same cuts again. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

"Everyone deserves equitable pay. Yet, with my current salary, I can't pay for basic necessities *and* save for retirement *and* pay rent. The math just doesn't work out." - @emmagallegos.bsky.social

There are at least 86 public schools named for César Chavez. They face tough, unexpected conversations about changing their names after and investigation surfaced new allegations about the labor leader. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

Congress approved level funding for K-12 schools. Now what? In just a few hours, I'll pose that question (and better ones) to a former Ed. Dept. official and a current school district CFO. Register here! event.on24.com/wcc/r/526832...

New: More federal funding disruptions like the ones that roiled schools all 2025 appear to be on the horizon. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Probably missed but the administration cancelled grants for Career Technical Education. These are programs to train students to be nurses, engineers, electricians, plumbers, software developers, dentists and so many other skills. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The Trump administration has touted efforts to prepare K-12 students for the workforce. But last summer, the Education Department canceled 19 ongoing grants for school-based projects doing just that. Scoop from me and @laurainegl.bsky.social: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...